Child carrier assembly in a shopping cart

摘要

A child seat assembly for use in a shopping cart and secured to the hinged rear gate of the shopping cart that is configured for lifting to expose a rear opening for nesting like carts. The child seat is secured in a lower portion of the shopping cart basket by hinged connections such that the seat assembly is movable between a use and a non-use configuration, and the of the seat back is attached to the rear gate wall and positioned within the basket. The rear gate wall has a void region an extent below the basket top which is configured to provide a space for a child's upper body to be exposed from the basket chamber. The seat back of the child seat is connected to the rear gate wall by at least one strut member located above the seat bottom, the strut member being connected to the gate wall and the seat back.